This may be hard for some to accept, but I feel the truth must be told. Alexander Hamilton, America’s newest hero strongly believed in high tariffs and a large national debt. He believed America should run a deficit to use as a tool for economic growth. Remember that next time you are in the room … Continue reading Class Notes →

As I have said many times, the Constitution is vague.  If it was not so then we would have had to scrap it years ago.  There is nowhere more so than with war powers.  At the same time the Constitution makes the president commander and chief, it also gives congress the power to declare war.  … Continue reading Class Notes →

It is interesting that during the Great Depression, while liberal capitalism was seeming to fail, that America never developed a strong Fascist or Communist party.  In the nations of Russia and Germany, Communism and Fascism were moving their nations out of the Depression faster than the United States.  Stalin’s three five-year plans had industrialized practically … Continue reading Class Notes →

Before the Civil War, the northern economy was rapidly industrializing.  Do not think of the North as industrialized during the war, they were still primarily agricultural, but were moving closer to industrialization.  The difference was the South was not industrializing at all.  The South was becoming extremely wealthy, but they put all their wealth back … Continue reading Class Notes →